The idea of being a show runner was very attractive to me, to create and control something.

It’s better to not have a reputation than a bad one.

If I write scripts that nobody likes, I don't think we'll be doing 'True Detective.'

I read The Conspiracy Against the Human Race and found it incredibly powerful writing. For me as a reader, it was less impactful as philosophy than as one writers ultimate confessional: an absolute horror story, where the self is the monster.

If landscape is a character for me, then it helps if I'm familiar with it and I already have a take on it.

I made True Detective like it was going to be the only thing I ever made for television. So put in everything and the kitchen sink. Everything.

Some people, no matter where they look, they see themselves.